Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Bonanza man is making circus mule
of it.
Plenty Of spring showers during the past
week.
DIR. NJ. Thomas was in to see us yesterday
He is still improving, and contemplates q
trip to Kansas next month.
We learn with qualification that fence
will probably be built around the school
grounds during the vacation.
Friend Pickens, of Reynolds, bobbed up
serenely at the festival Monday night. He
is here attending court, and his presence Is a
pleasure TO his many friends hereabouts.
We commend to the public an article in
this paper under the caption, "Independent
Life VS.. Official Life" 1t is full of good
sense, elegantly expressed, and is interesting,
withal.
Prof. ID. n. Brewer, the elocutionist, gave
entertainments at the Academy of Music
on last Saturday afternoon and evening.
Fair sized audiences were in attendance on
both occasions.
A. p. Vance has closed his school and ac-
cepted position with the Bonanza Mer-
chaudise Company, where he may be found
during vacation and will be glad to see any
OF his old friends.
John C. Burk, of Madison county, is visit
ing friends in Ironton-a pleasure his friends
little anticipated few weeks ago. John is a
little reduced in flesh, but he keeps up his
old reputation as genuine ''Penzylfonian."
DR.. Miles Farrar, late of Fort Worth, Tex
as, is visiting friends and relatives in the
Valley for a few days, prior to taking his
position In the Mo. Pac. R'y hospital at St.
Louis. He is a promising young physician,
and we wish him we'll.
The breaking of the rope which runs the
elevator necessated suspension at the
furnace Saturday morning. An order was
Immediately placed for new rope and as
soon as 1t can arrive and be put in position
operations will be resumed.
Mr. Aug. winkler, our fellow townsman,
lately received the sad intelligence of the
death of his father, Aug. Winkler, ST., which
occurred in Illingen, Umttemburg, Germany,
on the 30th of March. Mr.. W. has the SYM
patty of his many friends in his bereaYe-
ment.
DIED-At A. NJ. at her residence in Ar
cadia, Monday morning, April 81, Mrs. F. A.
RINGo, wife of J. NJ. Ringo. Mrs. Ringo
was nearly Sc years of age. The funeral will
take place from her late residence in Ar
eadia, at 10 A. M. Thursday. Ami obituary
will be published next week.
We have heretofore neglected to mention
that j. g. Carly, Esq, had entered Capt.
warts law office with the intention of read.
ing law and otherwise preparing himself to
follow the profession. "Josh. " is bright
young man and good student, and with
proper care will make his mark IN the
world.
Judge Thomas arrived in town Monday
neon and the legal mill was Immediately set
to work. The docket while not an excep-
sionally large one, contains several trial cases
and will prolong. court to the end OF this
week, and probably longer. The bar Of the
peighborIng counties and circuits is well
represented.
Mrs. A. j. Langdon, Cotton Plant, Mo-, on
the 18th inst, presented her liege lord with
a III Id. girl. Our informant states that,
since the arrival of the young lady, Bert.
tons In the cotton market. We tender our
congratulations to the little miss, the mother
and happy dadl
We have since learned that the victim
If the fray between the Moon brothers was
not wounded as seriously as stated in our
item of last week, but is now on the rapid
road to complete recovery and will soon be
himself again. The file did not penetrate
the hollow but followed one of the ribs, and
of course there was no bleeding internally.
The Festival at the Academy of Music on
Monday evening was complete success
about S125 being Melted for the Pilot Knob
parish. The arrangements were perfect, and
the supper as fine as we ever sat down to.
The dancers desisted at A. NJ, and every
BODY went home after an evening of enjoy
ment unmarried by a single unpleasant in
cident or accident.
The w. C. T. u. will meet at the Presby-
terrain church on Friday afternoon of April
18th. and May 9th, at 8 O'Clock. vote OF
thanks was given at the public meeting to
the friends who so kindly assisted, and
especially TO the young ladies who so taste
fully decorated the room.
It
M A. RUSSELL, President.
Superintendent of Press Work.
Mr.. Thos. Beard, who has been in Wayne
county overseeing some thirty or forty mer
employed by the Western Steel Company IN
mining hematite ore, returned home ias'
week; several deposits were worked at var
1ous places In the county but no large or pay
ang veins were discovered, only pockets OF ore
here and there, and the work was abandoned
1t is probable. however, that operations VII
be resumed in the near future at point
south of that where the late prospecting was
done.
Coroner W. n. Gregory held an inquest on
whist remained of Gustaye Wiikey, or Gust
willeeke, the names found on the idenfifi'
cation tickets found In bis clothes, near
Hogan. From appearances, he had beer
dead several months, and bones and cloth.
Eng were the only things found by which te
identify him. The jury returned q death By
exposure, no marks of violence being found
upon the body. The papers found on him
are in the hands of j. T. AXE, Public Ad.
ministrator for Iron county, No.